EPCM and C&SU Services

Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Management (EPCM)

Joel Kohler has acted as the owner's representative in EPCM contracts for large industrial projects. These projects are largely contractor managed - with cost, risk, and control shifted towards the contractor, and away from the owner. An EPCM contract could be the contract of choice for the economic stimulus infrastructure projects that are planned to start in 2009.

From experience, Joel Kohler understands that in EPCM contracts the risk to owners is substantial. Because owners advance funds to the EPCM based on the "earned value" of completed progress versus planned progress, it is the owner's money on the table. Myriad unknowns - from procurement to labor issues - all threaten the project cost and schedule.

With Joel Kohler as the owner's representative, you can improve the transparency of the EPCM process. Now the owner knows first hand what is happening on the engineering floor. Bringing in a skilled project engineer like Joel Kohler to handle essential owner oversight is money well spent.

Let Joel Kohler manage:

Risk management and mitigation
Project communications coordination, RFI, and punchlist
Standards compliance
Schedule oversight, progress reporting, and earned value
Hazardous Operations review
P&ID approval

Commissioning and Startup (C&SU)

C&SU can be considered a separate project. That is because it involves substantial planning, a separate budget, and careful execution by a skilled operations team. The C&SU team must often rigorously demonstrate competence. Dispassionate corporate independent project audit teams demand proof beyond a shadow of a doubt. They demand that C&SU planning is comprehensive, completed, and in control of the risks. Joel Kohler is up to the task.

C&SU follows construction completion. It involves static and dynamic testing of systems, structures, and components. It helps ensure that the facility can be started up safely when first filled with process fluids and energized.

As a C&SU planning coordinator, Joel Kohler has planned, documented, and executed C&SU plans. Trust Joel Kohler to quarterback the C&SU phase of your complex projects.

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Project Engineering

Bringing a seasoned project engineer and manager on to your team often adds precision to the engineering process - with handsome returns in cost and schedule savings.

Every seasoned project manager knows that lurking beneath the surface are eleventh-hour surprises, inadequate interpretations of mission critical requirements, complex and costly engineering designs, and failure to meet requirements.

Seasoned project managers must see the big picture to survive. From experience working on many diverse engineering projects, for many different clients, they have solid communications and problem solving skills. They know where to find, and how to fix, the inevitable problems. They can also help staff engineers more readily implement correctly-engineered solutions.

Need to get your project back on schedule, on budget, or on track? Contact Joel Kohler today.